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19. Komplete Kardashian overload:
A day could not go by in 2011 without some sort of Kardashian coverage, and come to think of it, it seemed like every new product released this year had these ladies hacking it. Due to their less-than-stellar taste level, they stayed relatively far removed from the fashion heavy hitters—until recently. In the last 12 months, they’ve knocked off designer bags for their Kardashian Kollection at Sears, made false claims about the Skechers line of “Shape-ups” shoes, created a media frenzy around Kim’s Vera Wang wedding dress, and tried to preen their half sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner for the cutthroat world of runway modeling. Our parting message to the Kardashians as 2011 comes to a close? Kut the krap.